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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:05:51 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
wrote:

>In other words, Make expands the variables in your prerequisite list
>as soon as it sees them, and by that time these variables were not yet
>defined.  (This is one reason why each Makefile begins by defining all
>the variables.)  In contrast, variables in rules' commands are only
>expanded when that rule's commands are run, that's why `echo' prints
>the variables correctly.

Ah, thanks for explaining that. Not quite intuitive behavior. I
suppose I should move the variables to the top then. I'll try that.

>Btw, your Makefile arrived severely butchered by your mailer (long lines 
>were wrapped), which required a non-trivial amount of editing before I 
>could try it.  Please try to avoid this in the future.

Strange... it didn't have any "long lines" when I sent it... none that
wrapped in either my programmer's editor or news client.